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  1. Makes sense. I didn't think they would just let the sensor rattle around when the camera is not in use, but I guess they made sure that a reasonable amount of shock that the camera may experience will not damage anything inside. I just realized I wrote Df in the subject line when I meant to write Zf, sorry about that. It took a while for me to get used to Nikon cameras starting with D instead of F, now it will be a similar process to get used to the Z prefix. I assume the Df does not make the same noise that I am referring to.
  2. Correction, the sound can be heard and movement felt whenever the LCD screen is off, regardless of whether the camera is powered on or not.
  3. Yesterday I finally bought my first mirrorless camera - a Nikon Zf with the 40mm kit lens. I also got the FTZII so I can use some of my F Mount lenses. I am still setting up the camera and going through all the customization options, but it seems like a very nice piece of gear. I noticed that when the camera is turned off, if I tilt it from side to side, it makes a subtle clunking sound, and it feels like something is moving inside the body. I suspect this is normal, and may be related to the IBIS system, but thought I'd confirm here with people who have more experience with mirrorless cameras, or maybe particularly with the Zf. This sound and movement is not present when the camera is powered on. Any ideas? Should I be concerned?
  4. That makes sense, however, I would really like it if it was possible to set base ISO as the highest value used for auto ISO, even though logically I can see why that is not offered. I suppose I never noticed that my cameras tried to default to the manually selected ISO even when auto ISO was turned on is because with auto ISO enabled, I almost exclusively use M exposure mode, which gives the camera very little to work with to try and achieve correct exposure (without changing the ISO). It is mostly tripod-mounted landscape, night city, or studio flash photography when I have auto ISO turned off and the ISO value manually fixed at base ISO. I was hoping there was a way to switch without diving into the menus or assigning a custom button, of which there are not very many on the Zf.
  5. Can someone please confirm that the ISO dial on the Zf sets the maximum value with auto ISO turned on, but only if the value selected is higher than the max ISO set in the menu? In that case I think I would set 100 as maximum in the menu, and simply use the dial to set the maximum. Most of the times I want the ISO value either fixed at base ISO, or have auto ISO on. I could simply achieve the former by turning the ISO dial to 100, even with auto ISO enabled.
  6. Does anyone know whether on the Zf one can use the shutter speed dial to set a shutter speed, then use the command dial to override it within +-2/3 stops? I think the Df had that option. I have been trying to find this info in the reference guide to no luck.
  7. I tend to lust for most goodies when they are announced, as long as it's something I can afford. Some time of unavailability ensures I don't make rushed purchases, and by the time the product becomes available in my area, my initial buying impulse has vaned and any actual purchase is based on (slightly) more rational thinking. This might be undesirable for Nikon, but as an amateur consumer, I don't mind having a forced cool-down period before I spend my hard-earned money.
  8. My understanding is that every iteration of VR is different. Manuals of earlier VR lenses explicitly said VR should be turned off for tripod use, and the advice spread like general wisdom, but it seems this has not been an issue with newer lenses. If the manual doesn't say otherwise, I'd leave it on, and turn it off only if it causes problems.
  9. Towards the middle of the teaser video for a few seconds we see a close-up of the man's eyes. Could this be a hint that the lens will also have close focusing capabilities? A large aperture near-macro bokeh machine.
  10. Most likely the 135mm lens that has been on the roadmap for quite a while.
  11. With the two comeras being so similar, I'm sure there's a lot of copy-pasting going on when writing manuals, descriptions etc. :-)
  12. Meh... One or two out of "hundreds of users" is significant enough if it's going to brick a $5500 camera. That person may have been doing something wrong, but still it is significant, and it should be figured out what it was that they did wrong, and users should be warned about it.
  13. As a sidetrack to the frames remaining counter, did it get more accurate on recent models, or is it still the case that those numbers err very much on the conservative side? I remember on my D700 I generally got close to 50% more shots on one card than what the camera told me I would get, and on the D850 it's even more. What's the situation with the Z bodies?
  14. If they did away with the mechanical shutter on the pro cameras, I think this is going to be the new norm on all their future releases. I haven't used a Z9 (or Z8) yet, but I very much like the idea of being completely silent. I'd have to try to know for sure, but I think I would keep the sound off as long as I can get some visual feedback in the viewfinder (if I'm not mistaken there's an option to have flashing bars at the edges of the viewfinder image) that a shot is being taken. I had plenty of rolling shutter effect with digital SLRs with a mechanical shutter when photographing out of airplanes with the propeller in the frame. I just had to learn to choose the shutter speed more wisely. I'd rather have the propeller blades all blurred than appearing bent and sliced up.
  15. And how am I supposed to have an identity or know who I am if I ignore my own badges?
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